A shocking discovery possible enviromental catastrophy

I created this topic with the intent on trying to get an analysis done on the current state of contaminates in the local water supply. Due to the fact
that a "site-visit" would not be possible by a group of people for obvious reasons i will attempt to sneak back into the premisses using my gillie
suit and collect photographs and water/soil samples. Anyone with a chemistry background or laboratory access is welcome to help therefore i can send
samples via mail to.

Back-story

while out bow-hunting this season i hit a doe, she scampered off into the woods i proceed to follow the blood trail and she appeared to enter a
cordoned off area in the forest, there was a couple of large sections in the fencing that was missing, i pressed on through this unknown territory,
which i now realize is an abandoned chemical dump site for an old paper mill, god knows what chemicals are in there. anyways what i discover next is
shocking on the side of this man made mound roughly 40ft high and 2-300 feet around, leaking out is a rather putrid crimson-red chemical out of the
soil this stream of cancer is spewing into a stream which leads into a river nearby about a quarter of a mile. The area seems to be forgotten about
maybe on purpose. overgrown roads, crumbled concrete structures, old rust equipment and so on.

i did some research on this site and it was owned by International Paper, they have a lot of money-power and could probably make me dissapear and for
obvious reasons i want to keep this anonymous.

I will attempt to get back onto the property and get some photos.

any chemists out there want to try to take a stab at Identifying the chemical?

I just wanna bump this so it gets the attention it deserves...I really hope someone with acess to a spectrometer can analize this and maybe with
actual evidence in hand the local media will pick it up.

Yes, first and foremost, be safe and don't get caught! Also, you may want to look in the trees for camera's and the like. It may appear abandoned,
but that doesn't mean someone isn't keeping an eye on it!.

bumping this up...keep safe...sounds like you stumbled onto something that could be really bad, going into the river from that place.....like the
other poster said, paper mills have a lot of bad run off

here is a small bit about that

Water pollution[edit]
Waste water discharges for a pulp and paper mill contains solids, nutrients and dissolved organic matter such as lignin. It also contains alcohols,
and chelating agents and inorganic materials like chlorates and transition metal compounds. Nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus can cause or
exacerbate eutrophication of fresh water bodies such as lakes and rivers. Organic matter dissolved in fresh water, measured by Biological Oxygen
Demand (BOD), changes ecological characteristics, and in worst case scenarios leads to death of all higher living organisms. Waste water may also be
polluted with organochlorine compounds. Some of these are naturally occurring in the wood, but chlorine bleaching of the pulp produces far larger
amounts.[10]

Recycling the effluent (see black liquor) and burning it, using bioremediation ponds and employing less damaging agents in the pulping and bleaching
processes can help reduce water pollution.
Discharges can also discolour the water leading to reduced aesthetics. This has happened with the Tarawera River in New Zealand which subsequently
became known as the "black drain".[11][12]
Waste[edit]

As far as having this tested, Do you have any kids in school? Maybe high school, where you could tell the chemistry teacher your teaching your child
about the local rivers and streams, and have them do it in class? Or maybe a college near by, you could talk to someone there?

i can probably provide you with a little interpretation of what might be happening if you can give me enough detail to work with. I live in Australia
so i cant test anything for you, but im an environmental scientist who specialises in contaminated land, i do a lot of site soil and water and
historical investigations, i can tell you what to look for and how to go about it if you want,

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